Rikitea
Sign in to saveRikitea is a small town on Mangareva, which is part of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. A majority of the islanders live in Rikitea. The island was a protectorate of France in 1871 and was annexed in 1881.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rikitea
- Region
- Polynésie Française
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,103
- Timezone
- Pacific/Gambier
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rikitea
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vue Rikitea 2006.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- French Polynesia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in French Polynesia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Overseas collectivity
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gambier Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Mangareva
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- France
- Located in
- French Polynesia
- Capital of
- Mangareva
- Image
- Vue Rikitea 2006.jpg
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Article
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Rikitea is a small town on Mangareva, which is part of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. A majority of the islanders live in Rikitea. The island was a protectorate of France in 1871 and was annexed in 1881.
==History== The town's history dates to the era when the island was first settled with people from the Marquesas Islands in 1100 AD. Captain James Wilson of the London Missionary Society arrived in 1797 on Duff, naming the islands after the English Admiral James Gambier who had facilitated his expedition.